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Sustainability: Three Key Takeaways from the 2022 USDA Ag Census

DTN

Change is coming, but slower than we need Compared to the 2017 census, no-till practices and cover crops were up but not at the rate needed to keep pace with climate change. Cover crop acres increased to 18 million total acres, a 17% increase, but when compared to total farmland, this represents only 6% of 300 million acres.

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Terviva Offers New Biofuel Feedstock Grown on Trees

Agwired

Pongamia growing in Central Florida Pongamia is a regenerative, permanent tree crop that stores carbon and produces a bean pod that can be used in turn to produce food, feed, and fuel. Terviva has been developing elite pongamia cultivars over 15 years of research trials spanning nearly 2,000 acres in Florida, Hawai’i and Australia.

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Herbicide Tolerant Camelina Supports Large Acre Production

Agwired

Yield10 Bioscience announces positive results in the first field test of stacked herbicide tolerance (“HT”) traits in Camelina, which will help support grower adoption for the biofuel feedstock market by enabling weed control and increased access to acreage previously treated with Group 2 herbicides.

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EarthDaily Agro on Renewable Fuel Alternatives

World Agri-Tech

Meet camelina, an oilseed crop harvested today primarily across Europe and North America. Although not widely known, camelina is a crop with immense potential as a feedstock for sustainable biofuel. What’s more, camelina is a hearty crop and can be grown across a variety of climates. The goal of the partnership?

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PFAS Shut Maine Farms Down. Now, Some Are Rebounding.

Civil Eats

Consumption of crops or animals grown on PFAS-contaminated land puts humans at high risk of illness. While the Environmental Working Group has estimated that over 2 million acres of farmland across the United States have been spread with sludge, only Maine and Michigan have done significant testing for chemical contamination of farmland.

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An Ancient Grain Made New Again: How Sorghum Could Help U.S. Farms Adapt to Climate Change

Agritecture Blog

Editor’s Note: Sorghum is not a well-known crop in the states, but this drought-tolerant crop could be a farm-saving plant in regions like the American Great Plains. Like many of the neighboring farms in his northeast corner of Oklahoma, his corn crop practically shriveled up due to the lack of moisture. Credit: Peggy Greb.

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Ag and Food Summit Features SAF Discussion

Agwired

His company’s technology can utilize a range of sustainable woody residues, agricultural byproducts, and next-generation energy crops like miscanthus to produce SAF. World Energy has been in advanced biofuels for over 25 years and is now on the forefront of SAF. . “You are above ground oil wells,” said Obitts.

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